##VIDEO ID:fadex4n_aXk## e e e e order I don't know how close I have to be um all right roll call uh Deputy uh mayor Anderson pres councilwoman Whitfield president mayor McIntosh she's last oh you sorry I don't know the you go to sorry um councilwoman Dr worthy present councilwoman Rebecca Peron and uh mayor McIntosh present thank you flag salute I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you um and then the compliance statement notice was provided in compliance with chapter 231 of the public laws of 1975 to the Burlington County Times Trenton Times and Philadelphia inquir stting the time date in place and agenda to the extent it was known additionally notice was filed in the office of the Township Clerk I would like to turn the meeting over to please thank you Miss saino and good afternoon um mayor and M MERS of the the governing body uh to anyone that's in the listening public um under New Jersey statutes annotated uh 4069 A- 96 during the month of November uh in each year the municipal manager shall require all department heads to submit requests for Appropriations for the ensuing budget year and to appear before him in at public hearings which shall be held during the month of November on the various requests this meeting is being held in compliance with the law and I thank the governing body for taking time out of their schedule today to participate in the hearing as well make it making it a collaborative process being at the end of the day uh the body is the one that would approve the 2025 budget which will be formally presented to you uh probably in March of next year so we are going to go through our departmental hearings as uh they are outlined on the agenda we're going to start with uh acting director of Department of Public Works Mr Marvin Harris and I'm going to ask that when you come to the podium everyone please speak into the microphone and please speak loudly thank you good afternoon um good afternoon uh good afternoon good afternoon good afternoon we can hear you I was a little distracted and focused good afternoon uh first first uh I would like to say this in 30 seconds thank you all Council uh this is my last year here thank you for bearing with me and Tri and tribulations and thank you uh 20 years ago a re this department and being even don't have Tolo you been a constant SL thank you Dr wory thank you McIntosh thank you thank you the 2025 budget for works um first page first page Department of Public Works responsible for the maintenance um and Road of the Township's infrastructure and the maintenance of the township building at assets additional areas of responsibility include contractor management tree maintenance and removal Garbage Contract Administration and snow removal next page please the DPW also executes recycling uh coordination with the Burlington County OTC road maintenance includes line striping signs pothole repair and road maintenance management storm water system maintenance including inspection and repairs and a leaf collection program that collects 7,000 plus cubic yards per year next space please DPW is also responsible for storm sore and drainage areas ms4 compliance street sweeping support of Township event support of recreation department functions including banquet facilities setups weekly Recreation sport field maintenance pool operation and maintenance and litter abatement next pH please the acting director of Public Works will also as directed by the township manager coordinate projects and programs with the township engineer next page please the DPW staff consists of 31 budgeted full-time employees acting director assistant superintendent two Public Works clerks Public Works supervisors three assistant supervisor one supervisor of garage Services one two repairs for truck drivers two mechanics 13 laborers and public property division consist of two workers and two light laborers also within the department next page please public property is responsible for the overall maintenance and repair of the township building assets additional areas of responsibility include contracted management and capital project overview next page please again public property consists of four full-time Personnel uh supervisor assistant supervisor and two Building Maintenance workers next page please the department administration um so in 2024 we were budgeted for500 for training this training uh is cost for tuition for uh the DPW director uh superintendent of breast of current practices that will remain the same at 1500 and then there are miscellaneous trainings or are things that pop up for the uh director and public works and sometimes those courses are necessary as need stre roads Awards and dues dues for membership supervisors uh the apwa um the pwj and the AJR the recycling program travel expense um was 300 and now it's 400 please travel expenses for employees attendance uh NSL M leg of municipality conferences and miscellaneous meetings including those parking and meals training will stay the same as in 2024 we're really trying to get our supervisors up to par in terms of cpwm that way we don't have to go outside to have those areas covered we will do it inhouse so we're trying to get as many trained for the cpwm as possible Street and Roads clothes and equipment workers uniforms for CPA uh safety equipment disc discovers PPE and first aid supplies it did go up substantially only because we have brought in quite a few employees and the uh manager is looking to increase the Personnel in the public works department in 2025 uh that being the reason why license and registration will go up because of the additional supervisors that we now have on staff uh small tools will remain the same for equipment for the mechanic shop signs will remain the same for uh street sign repair and Replacements uh we do replace uh signs as needed um whether it's stop signs or street signs uh that fall under the Guides of color Fork Department public events uh 2024 budget for 1500 2025 you're asking for additional 1500 tolling 3,000 for flags of course the flags take a beating especially during bad weather they fade in the sun support of the parades the jazz festival and the juneth celebration we found out just this past year um just hanging the signs and creating uh structures for the signs we did have to use a little bit more funding uh for these events medical exams CDL Med cars exams uh research and certifications uh that is gone up an additional 1500 to 3,000 because we're adding employees to our roster equipment uh landscaping equipment headge trimming we whackers and chainsaws that's that's that's going up um because we're doing more tree work and we're really trying to expand getting our real estate back on the Parkways you know Parkways are little overgrown so we're really really trying to be proactive and getting back some of the some of the uh real estate as well as removing some of the nuisance trees that are on our Parkways uh contractor will remain the same threee removal uh cra healing removal of deer carcass equipment rental um fuel system maintenance and repairs welding supplies DPS system and grass cutting which now is also done uh by a contractor some of our um down the bottom what [Music] 13 equipment repair repairs to lifts of the lift room truck and the compressors and light towers uh we were at 10,000 now would AC for an additional 13,000 uh as our equipment ages as it has aged uh it call for more repairs uh light towers Lift Truck boom uh compressors uh some of that equipment is is actually age and it calls for a little more attention vehicle repair um I have some uh some real numbers from the Fleet Maintenance uh supervisor e the average was $ 65,7 se5 the last twoyear average was $ 97,5 um although we're getting newer Vehicles electric vehicles um newer pickup trucks that we now least some of our older equipment still calls for heavyduty maintenance uh again the average for the last two years is 97 97,000 and these are again actually real numbers so I know that's a substantial increase but uh again some of those larger trucks uh all for major repair at that time um so under that line item number we repair Township y Class 2 and five vehicles that's the larger trucks and the smaller Mason dumps two axle single unit trucks uh again when we did this we were at 93,000 but with the new vehicles our maintenance cost will be less so as the newer Vehicles come in this will go this will go down next phase please streets and Roads DPW building repairs and maintenance of the uh pools garage doors fire extinguishers and fire System test um that actually because of of newer equipment less maintenance that went down substantially uh major Truck Equipment repairs and maintenance tires hydraulic shoulders and bucket truck um that was a little less again I have real numbers um the last four years was 15,000 the last twoyear average was 11,000 so just up a little bit yeah so I had a question Madam Aman so I'm looking at the presentation we have it's the same that's up there when you talk about the pools garages doors fire extinguishers we don't have any numbers there same as on the presentation so it's then you jump down to Major vehicle repair so I'm trying to see yeah Mr tonsil did tell us something was happening in PowerPoint When You tab over with the columns the numbers did Apologize not that's okay do you have the numbers or do you need to give those to us later page was that page 14 see so in 2024 that was 35,000 but now we're at zero we're not asking anything we actually um move that to another line that almost took care of the same thing so instead of having 35,000 there on top of additional monies and another budget line item but look at some of the repairs were the same rather than ask for that just move it so I actually move that to another budget line item number to save us in cost that is 15800 158 I'm sorry recogniz that so 00158 is what what it is and now it's going to be zero or is that where you're moving it to no no it's going to be zero it's going to be zero dollar yes and the budget the line item number for what we're talking about was what ends with 00158 yes okay thank you uh where was I truck no did that construction Goen infrastructure repairs uh it's blue stone crush concrete uh propane Easy Street it is it is it is the objective of the township manager to continue with our own pole repair um we did invest in a machine um we do have infrastructure guid so rather than you know just not do it the goal is to continue to do more work inh housee that we can do and of course like the work that's being done throughout the town public service and Engles and mloy that's not smaller jobs the intent is to keep that work going so that will stay at the 30,000 next place please so the the streets and Roads operating budget thus far of 2024 was $3,031 and it's down now to 323,000 again because of removing some of those costs that we didn't have to double up next place please no removal uh contract actual remain the same at zero there are monies in that line you have to ask Miss Dig exactly what it is um but we haven't had snow so we haven't had any need to uh use that use that line um equipment repairs for clouds and Cloud edges and and cylinders again that will stay flat at zero next page please you can see there are a lot of there are zeros there I have not had to use salt and sand uh there has been no snow so we haven't had to do a lot of repairs on snow again moving some of those Monies to other budget line that cover the You Know cover the same work um next page please storm water training uh 2024 were budget for 500 and now we're at asking to increase that by $1,000 uh storm water now is a little bit more intense than what it was um there's some programs now that are out there that we must uh subject ourselves to for instance when salt is applied we have a certain amount of time to remove it uh uh so we want to get all of our supervisors vers in in training when it comes to storm water and and hopefully be able to at some point have our own uh storm management division license and and registration that is a normal fee that we pray every year so that will that will say at the 9,000 uh signs of again and uh we do look through a lot of sign uh installations even with the storm water uh program that they are now implementing it's actually in the works now there's going to be signage that we're going to have to stay on top of so rather than decrease that we just want to stay right there we do have signs inh housee but just in case we have to go outside of that we want to remain at the 1500 um the equipment down at the bottom 2931 01 nozzles holders and parts for the jet vac is zero are we actually now working out something with u the wua we still have access to the jet vac but um that is still being the manager can talk to that more that is still being worked out so we w't have to worry about those cost in terms of pony Motors uh lines freezing things like that storm water contractual um big part of this is leaf collection um our vehicle wash which we are in the midst of now of Mr John Don Thompson is in the process now of trying to get that up and running fully but again the uh the most of this is our Le collection we we averag about 7,000 but there are some years when we've done more than 7,000 close to 9,000 uh cubic yards and in leaves um equipment repair 29351 I think I have an actual number for that1 yes the last four years average was 19793 the last two year average for these part next please major vehicle repair um again because of the newer trucks uh I have again an actual number where we uh did not spend as much so rather than ask for uh the same amount we ask for Less so that we could put those monies elsewhere 29 3163 the a the uh last four average for this budget line item was $1 15,16 the last twoyear average had been 11,770 but again we have larger trucks uh hydraulic cylinders all those things where tires are very expensive just to have a little more wiggle uh we did not go up through the 30,000 but just to 20,000 um elicit uh connections uh 20,000 again all of that has to do with the new uh storm water management that is being implemented right now I don't know how that's going to look when it's all done uh but we will have a lot of responsibilities when it comes to our storm water um our drain areans and our streets next page please oh you got okay Street and roads [Music] OE uh for 2024 was 331,000 now we're at 300 or asking 355,000 that is an additional $24,000 um bringing that total storm water OE budget W from 1215 to 13211 and thus far operating expenses uh go from 40 I'm sorry 452,000 to 455,000 buildings and [Music] grounds next page building and grounds training again the new supervisors uh they not just the new supervisor but some of our our current supervisors they always have to stay on top of the cus so that will remain uh as it was in 2012 uh four uh I at some point that will increase as a years go past with supervisor only been in the ranks for the last couple of years uh books and Publishing that's zero clothing and Equipment that's zero because it's all governed under the CPA next page buildings and grounds license and registrations um again a lot of our this this line out here a lot of our vehicles now are our are leas so there was a time when we were spending a lot of dollars run into the DMV for registrations and all but now the releasing vehicles uh those numbers have dropped substantially and now so we Dro it again from 4,000 to 2500 uh janitorial supplies I could refer to Mr Don thompon who's over public properties um uh he's asking to remain at the 2500 for in-house janitorial supplies we do have a cleaning company but we also do a lot of Parkway cleaning obviously and just to purchase of bags pick sticks and those kind of things just to remove the litter um we have to you know maintain our own inhouse supplies uh small tools again I refer to Mr Thompson um he's asking I'm asking uh just an increase for small tools uh things that he would need on hand for his maintenance guys um in the buildings buildings and grounds next page medical exams uh Z do um we don't cover the cost when needed uh Fitness for Duty exams and new hires see Zero and another zero1 01111 no increase for that area buildings and grounds contractual uh 132 uh 45,500 and now that has increased we're asking for that to be 500,000 um I can refer to Mr Thompson from the uh public property public property side that's the amount of work that he uh has encountered uh in all of our buildings um we definitely need to to like think ahead think outside of the box because every other day something's happening but we want to be sure be able to cover our cost whether it's uh hbac whether it's electric carpentry our prior system I elated system we want to be able to maintain our assets um JFK Building Maintenance that will remain at 40,000 which would was in 2024 uh next slide please next slide please next slide okay building and ground maintenance um again I could defer to to Mr Thompson who runs some public property again with bu building repairs and things of that nature garage doors um glass repairs fire System test um those responsibilities are increasing as as well as the service cost so after the conversation with him uh we're asking for an additional 30,000 that area from 70,000 to 100,000 uh building improvements uh we'll keep that flat at the 10,000 which was requested in 2024 and now asking for the same in 2025 next page other equipment other equipment maintenance for building and grounds that's that's miscellaneous uh keep that at where it was in 2024 and 2500 uh the library um it was at zero and I really have to speak with the manager about this because of all the work that we've been doing there asking um we could add 15,000 to that um I'm sorry was at 15,000 and we're asking that that remain because of work that's being done at willing Library OE budget for buildings um a total budget I'm sorry yes so our total budget which includes all three areas 2024 was 591 th000 now it's 500,000 reason why I jumped so much is because of building maintenance because of again all the service policy inhouse work that we either have to do ourselves or have contracted out so uh your overall o budget for your whole department is 1 million million yes okay I thought you said 500,000 that was 2024 I'm sorry okay it increased substantially because of what we're asking it almost double yes okay I [Music] can Thompson who's actually over it um but I I I see it every day that the repairs with the emergencies after work on the weekends but hello everybody so yeah um I've been spending a lot of time on repairing um a lot of issues that's been going on in the building and um this other day went on fight about ,000 work just that one um issues at Roo restrooms um in the building here and had the big flood that time had probably probably about I think it was close to 15,000 to do the for that involved with two different companies We Electric to do to make everything safe again so the building can open up um I can't recall everything throughout the year but it's a lot of different repairs that keep umist with um using contract um well the goals are for 2020 25 is try to um I'm sorry you guys can hear me okay yeah my goal this year is to try to get skilled workers um if we can inquire that even in the highend that we're going to do or we get our guys training and refence to Plumbing electric um poetry the um things that really deal with facility um I'm looking into doing that to to build my department build the division up I'm sorry to build up PW um we find um I do think there a lot more uses of contractors that's un necessary but that's what it takes to keep everything running that's where we at um 2025 I'm getting myself 12 months going to be working on a goal to try to get that done with the manager and whoever director that's what I'm going to be working any questions from the council members I have a question you identified the DPW staff consists of 31 budgeted full-time employees but when I do the numbers based on what you have I see 33 plus the acting director which aren't considered full-time they volunteer okay so they're part time okay okay yeah it just wasn't identified here just in the calculations so it was hard to differentiate okay then then the other question I see here is when it comes to the uh training budget I see you only identified supervisors only is there any training provided for any of the other staff or just supervisors no no no we talking to get training done we now have an inous CDL train which was done GI over we're looking to get our guys trained on equipment so so the first attempt is to see what's out there that we don't have to pay for uh through the jet program we would able to send some one and now they are certified trainers so certified TDL trainer is in our department so the trainer Now train and that was just that was just a matter of him going taking the course getting certified in C to anything but his uh two days six 16 hours so so the objective is to get all the training that we can but uh as recent as last year I looked into getting our guys trained for CDL and it was the sums of some $40,000 um we can do better than that okay because what we do we really do try to do our due diligence and seeing what's out there that is cost effed for us to not having to put that burden not that it's a burden but we have a Judiciary responsibility just to find out you know what's out there what's available for us so that we can get everybody TR all right because you know one of my concerns is that you know we we have the best employees possible which means when they're training budgets you know I would like to see them spread out across the department I would like to see each director have a plan for each employee okay because I just don't want the training budget to be spent on one individual or two individuals but you know we want to see it spread out across the department try to get a better understanding of what they're going to be trained on and so forth so that we can see the direction that you know uh that we would like to go in as a Township thank you Reon that's today I'm looking at equipment Opera train and train rather than hire somebody who want be done in but I also know that ,000 no I appreciate those efforts Right company the right people because this equipment uh that we run is heavy duty um you can take somebody's life so this is like you know I have a drive you know that's wide as one lane on road uh we want to make sure that when they get on road they are fully trained fully understood thank you any other questions um I just have I appreciate the explanation for why the budget is increasing by that amount um and I do look forward to trying to minimize emergencies to your point I appreciate you giving a um some strategy on how to again minimize emergencies I understand emergencies will happen but everything shouldn't be an emergency no no I mean no no you're good and everything shouldn't be an emergency but I I like that you did explain that you know you're trying to get some inous training um to mitigate that as opposed to causing c um calling in contractors which obviously will'll get a certain percentage increase um based on their work right right agree right and it's just a shocking increase so I mean as we start hopefully you know if if uh Council agrees to approve that you know that we're still looking to kind of shift back down that's understandable and we hate calling in contract I hate calling in contract I want to be able to do it inhouse that's why I appreciate you staying trying to mitigate that one of the things that I have uh tasked Mr Thompson with is really this year to develop a maintenance program for our facilities I know that has been talked about for years prior um but some of our emergencies can be diverted if we are just uh practicing proper uh plan maintenance practices within our facilities so I know his number is a little a little shocking um but we are going to thoroughly um pick through and and and look at that taking into consideration of the works that we're that we're currently and plan to do at JFK um and that will probably uh lessen the need for some of those emergency expenses councilwoman Whitfield thank you mayor um thank you for your presentation um I did have two questions um one was concerning um line 164 and construction um you noted that included in that line is the materials for the hot Patcher and things like that I was wondering if um you accounted for the volume of potholes after you know the ones that were repaired this year if there's any back filling needed or new potholes that may arise I remember at some point this year we had ran out of materials and I wanted to make sure that you know we had enough budgeted so that we have the appropriate amount of materials to take us Ser where we are now we were we so years ago there were no crack sealing so now you fill a whole crack seal that now you got the light of you notice for instance on written Rock Drive squir well that was because we sealed it so rather than spend 700,000 for a road we just sealed it and we got another now it's been 8 years we got 8 years out of that road additionally because so that's the purpose of us crack sealer so once we feel it is done okay well so so so we don't have to have as much material because once we do it our plan is not to go back you know get some life out of okay great um and then my last question was considering um or on the topic of storm water um and I know we've been dealing with a number of emergent C failures and um pipe failures and things of that sort um has there been any consideration for the purchase of that camera equipment we had discussed um previously to mitigate some of those failures from being an emergency yes we did a we actually did a demo three weeks ago with the company uh the delay was the one company that we really really wanted they wouldn't send a representative out they would ship you you pay for the shipping a handling then you look at it like you had to do your own training so just kind of look at cost and what we know what would work we finally did uh see a company we ran into a company that okay this is this is ideal for for what we want because what you really want to do is just all those places that fail put that camera in there then we know exactly what to do the worst thing is to have a contractor come in and tear a road up when they didn't have to tear the road up so so so the idea is if if it's 25t in we don't need to go 100 feet but of course the contractor is not going to tell you that but you know we get this machine we'll be able to say know here's a problem from A to B but we have been looking up we show that that information yeah I'm waiting for the the requisition um for the purchase for them to to find the best one for the township and then to we're ready to make that purchase okay and is that considered in this budget budget or capital budget great thank you that's all I have thank you thank you thank you gentlemen uh next up is uh our inspections department under the guidance of Mr Dennis tun Mr har um I had a question I know that this meeting was advertised from 2:30 to 4:30 um and I know we're already um behind and there was it looks like on the agenda a presentation scheduled to begin at 430 so I was just wondering what modifications will we be making or are you suggesting so that we can um continue on and compliance with the advertisement of the meeting so my hope is that the remainder will flow a little bit quicker um there was a a slot in there which was previously filled by the clerk's office um they're going to um move their presentation until tomorrow so I'm hoping that time and a quicker flow of conversation will move us along however if we have to stop then we'll just have to uh make plans to finish um we'll start tomorrow where we left off and then we'll have to make an arrangement to finish what we don't complete okay thank you I just want to be mindful of what we advertised and leaving room for public comment thank you so much [Music] of our organizational charge for you will follow along if you have any questions or concerns regarding Personnel but as many of you know Support Services uh we're ready Sean we can go to uh slide number one please or two I should say all right Support Services is uh comprised of actually three separate organizations or or construction with the ucucc and d and uh governed by DCA guidelines our construction official is Mr Steve bucker we have one full-time sub code official who is Ted Evans we have five clerks and one part-time clerk in zoning we have one zoning officer one additional certified zoning person and they cross over meaning they also fill other positions that is not a permanent full-time condition uh Code Enforcement Officers we have four fulltime code enforcement officer we are looking to fill three vacant positions for code enforcement officers and one part-time V position those Court enforcement officers are responsible for 14 Parts in Willingboro so as you can see is imperative that we fill those void as quickly as possible housing inspection that's our rental resale area there are two full-time housing inspectors and one uh fulltime housing inspector position is vacant in housing there are actually there's one full-time Clerk and we have one fulltime clerk position that is V here are well we have one senior code enforcement officer I should say uh Miss Conrad who's going to be retiring very soon and she will be departing from our services we currently have two senior Code Enforcement Officers they are full-time and they also fill other positions uh but they hold the position of full of a senior code enforcement officer so of total going forward we hope to have 21 total full-time people two part-time individuals and one subcontractor uh which is a position that we use to fill in case of an emergency and you'll see as we go through contracts uh exactly what that entails next slide please well here is just a another view of what's vacant and what it needs to be filled as you can see there's a clerk position a housing inspector and a full-time uh three full-time Code Enforcement Officers as well as one part-time code enforcement officer we also be trying to backfill those senior code enforcement officers who have moved on to other positions Mr tun I don't mean to interrupt can you just speak in the microphone everyone can hear online get a little Clos lift it up it's too short how about that it's better okay all right hopefully everyone can hear me if not I will do my best to speak a little louder excuse me next slide please so this slide is our award slide as you can see what we've done is kind of separated uh UCC from code enforcement so you'll see uh the 195 is uccc and the 196 you'll see later on would be code enforcement and that's being done for um tracking purposes all all construction uh budgeted items have to be separated for DCA purposes so Awards in dues or what we call Awards now now it's- 021 uh there is a slight change of $170 um the objective this year is to acknowledge the employees a little more than we did last year and give them some recognition through the awards and dues uh line item travel expenses here's where we start seeing uh changes between uccc and code enforcement uh travel expenses which is uh 022 there is is going down actually $1,000 and as you can see um this is a breakout uh for UCC it's a zoning conferences construction officials attending to get their cus also now you'll see uh a separate line item which is a 196 d022 which is for code enforcement that is also for additional um an additional account was added to Encompass um Le of municipalities zoning conferences and we have hoped to have well we have two senior Code Enforcement Officers as well as myself the director which will be going into um the leagan municipalities for some additional training all right so if you look at the- 022 line on him there is a net gain of uh plus $1,500 so printing once again UCC and code enforcement is separated there is actually a negative uh $3,000 we're asking for $4,000 this year when the year previously were asking for $7,000 but as you uh go through this process you'll see where that money was moved down to another line item to separate code enforcement from UCC the next line item um 196 d024 you'll see that there is a net gain of plus $3,000 so in total between the two areas or I should say line items it's a zero difference zero balance a change I should say all right next slide please so I know uh councilman Anders had mentioned about training excuse me um so once again we've broken out the dash 028 between 195 and 196 which will be 195 is for uccc this breakout is for uccc seminars and memberships there is an actual change and this is where I made a note where there's a minus sign missing this should be a negative $2,000 difference so we at last year we asked for $3,000 this year we're only asking for ,000 but most of that is because there's been a separation of the two accounts all right as we move down to training for code enforcement officers uh which would be the 19628 you'll see that this is a brand new account and that account will have uh or requesting $2,500 so you see a net gain of plus 25 in that particular account but that is a new account so in reference to training we have three and a half uh codee Enforcement Officers currently uh we have one housing inspector uh one housing clerk that will be a new uh that's going to be trained as well out of that budget uh the cus for zoning we have affordable housing training as well as the American Association of code enforcement officers that is a u training course that all our code enforcement officers are involved in and get certified in so we'll see um an additional $2500 being requested there so UCC books and Publishing this is account 030 uh we actually had $1,700 in that account last year we're only requesting $1,300 so there is a net negative of $400 a difference uh this is for UCC code books and updates that are expected to be in 2025 publishing also here this is the [Music] 196-35 all right next slide please sh yet okay so here's where we get into uh UCC the difference between UCC and Code Enforcement Officers with reference to clothing and miscell miscellaneous items the 195 -32 uh we're asking for $2500 last year was $4,000 so it's a net negative $1500 that breakout is for UCC jackets UCC shirts and uniforms we have a uniform contract where all the Code Enforcement Officers as well as the U UCC uh code subcode officials wear the same shirt and the same uh equipment all right so 19632 is the breakout for code enforcement there is a slight increase but that is a new line item uh this would take care of the uniform contract for all the Code Enforcement Officers as well as the three new code enforcement officers we hope to bring in in 2025 uh that would be their jackets and gear uh for those individuals that is a new line item and it as you can see is going to be a $7,400 increase for that line item all right so let's break down construction equipment office equipment for construction that's the -111 and that is a net increase of $1,000 in 2024 we asked for $2,000 in 2025 we're asking for $3,000 um this is all the office supplies Staples folders binders stickers placards all the things that the uccc officials are U mandated to have in terms of uh their inspections now this is a new line item here uh [Music] 196-198 So that obviously is an increase to that level it uh these are for code enforcement only so it was imperative this year that we separate the two because DCA will not allow you to co-mingle uh your material or your purchases or anything of that nature for records keeping so let's see all right let's move on to the next page all right here's where we spend a little money so 132 these are the contractual items last year we spent $58,000 this year we're requesting $71,000 we spent actually as you can see 59,4 there is a change of plus $133,000 and most of this is pretty much explained below so FasTrack gov is our software we use by both UCC and code officials uh subcode officials um it is 62,000 doll for that software this is as we talked about last year a software that took the place of three other softwares that were previously using keeping in mind that in the contract they're allowed a 3% potential annual increase as well as uh for enhancements to the software in 2025 that's where we obviously ask them to do other things in terms of uh creating additional reports things of that nature we have 19 users uh currently um this also includes map links map links software is the software that we've just recently acquired this year that has been extremely helpful in our zoning process all right so if you total up all that money you you're probably saying that doesn't uh add up to $ 71,0 however if you figure in the 3% you also figure in the fact that um 1800 could possibly used for enhancement uh and we're also anticipating two new code enforcement officers so there's about a $2,900 additional amount in here for those two additional licenses every time we bring someone on we have to pay for a license for for this software that's uh something we want to anticipate as opposed to needing those funds at a later date so down here code enforcements licensing and registration that is 5700 dollars as you know two years ago we accepted responsibility of of paying the life Hazard registration for all Township buildings that's just how they identify those buildings in terms of their use and that's $5,700 that's a fee that go straight to the state uh the next line item is construction inspections now here as you can see it was previously $48,000 400 and now we're they're down to1 ,000 uh a difference of minus $ 36,400 so this is for the use of a subcode official in case of emergency we're going to break glass and call this person in this person will basically be used if if Ted or Steve or someone's on vacation and or there's an illness and we need to replace those individuals for a short period of time uh and that would would encompass that $112,000 and last but not least uh $299 that's a $1,000 miscellaneous that's the budget line that we established for National light night out uh we purchased some items to give away to the public for that event and it came to a tune of about $1,000 um and that would conclude our budget so total Support Services budget last year was $135,000 220 this year is going to be what's that $125,000 $722 which is a net negative I should say of 9,498 so we've saved the township almost $99,500 a difficult thing to do but we made it out any questions you project to save the township $9,500 that's Pro anyway I got one question yes sir is it true they call your department the million dooll Department some people do best we can to try to support this year we did to million [Music] 48,600 all right congratulations great job hang [Music] absolutely any questions anything I can answer are are we still looking to add Personnel for weekend work uh that's a conversation that Mr Harris and I are are having right now the thought was to try to bring on some part-time individuals to fill those positions and then have them work on a regular basis on Saturdays right now we currently uh rotate the individuals we have in our department so every other Saturday someone will will uh fill that weekend position we'd like to see at least two individ working on Saturday it's difficult to cover the entire town with one person but uh we're we're trying to make it work now and everybody's chipping in and is working Saturday I haven't had any problems or push back from anyone to uh come in on Saturday but we do rotate so it makes it a little more palatable you don't have to work every Saturday you might work one Saturday every month or every two months uh but as far as filling that on a perent basis we are having discussions now and we'll probably compl things discuss after we start talking personnel are we going smart gos or we gonna no hold off on that we'll hold off on that but I do you got my smart I do yes just in consideration of time I ask them not to present their smart goals and I will forward them over to you all so you have them collectively uh next up is uh acting director of our Recreation Department Miss Deon Balden thank you good afternoon mayor Deputy Mayor councilwoman Woodfield councilwoman Dr Tiffany worthy um I am here to present for the recreation and parks department um as the acting director Sean let me know when you're ready 30 seconds tops so next slide please the recreation and parks department provide a wide variety of comprehensive programs activities and events in our community also offering beautiful landscapes trails and parks while enhancing the overall quality of life next slide please the recreation and parks department consists of seven full-time office staff which is four Clerk work s a recreation leader a recreation program coordinator and dual duty of a recreation supervisor and acting Township um director five part-time Wellness staff and overseas all seasonal Staffing which usually equates to about 55 individuals in the summertime for tennis Aquatics and Camp next slide please we'll be going into the meat and potatoes so award and dues um is $2,000 there is no change there that pretty much covers um the memberships that we have to be part of the New Jersey Recreation and Parks memberships we're um also two of us are also part of the national Recreation and Parks um membership so these kind of gives us discounts for classes um allows for us to um do additional training and also for um our pools we need to have an aqualic facility manager and also playground inspector so we don't have to hire anybody from the outside to do the inspections um for our playgrounds because we have a certified playground inspector inhouse so there's no change to that line um with the travel expense you'll see for um 2024 it was $300 for 2025 is $650 with a change of 350 and that's basically for um the travel expense to go to the recreation and parks conference um I did attend the League last year here but the league of municipalities is really not as beneficial as the recreation conference um when we go to those conference it's pretty much everything recreational um there are only a couple of classes um that are really recreational related um at the league of municipality so we kind of get more bang for our buck if we actually go to um a conference that's kind of sitter around what it is that we do um so that's why you see that particular increase cuz that would cover um the um the travel expenses to go to that conference um office supplies it pretty much stays the same it's um a printer that we have it's just a specialty printer that does um big signs and um banners and things of that nature um and we can only get the specific supplies from that particular vendor so that price has pretty much been consistent so that's why you don't see a change there um with regards to training you will see in 2024 we had 1,200 um going into 2025 where we're looking for ,650 which is an increase of $450 we always have um money within our um training line um and then this year we just kind of um increased it a little bit we did have training for our seasonal employee we used to do them in Pockets but what we did this year is kind of hired the staff early on so that we could have one big cohesive meeting so everybody was learning the same thing at the same time and also getting familiar with each other and um address things with regards to um uh CPR safety um just the overall uh requirements with the township um with our Township handbook and then this also um allows us we had uh staff this year that went to um suicide awareness training so it's information that we can kind of send individuals to and then they can kind of come back and TurnKey it for everybody else that's on staff and then we also have the ability to do um to use skill path so they're the ones that we kind of can do um customer um service training um confrontational de-escalating we have new two new employees um that started but we already had the training lined up so with after their first week they were actually able to kind of sit down and take this training ahead of time with regards to you know customer service but I also encourage them if you're not well versed in how Excel works but we do Excel spreadsheets all the time just let me know so that we can make sure that we kind of get you signed up for those particular trainings so that's kind of why that beefed up a little bit and I know with the um you know transitioning of you know people coming to different places there may be a different um training that's definitely going to be required um what regards to events that number stayed the same this kind of covers we have a couple of fee based events that we have each year and which is kind of ticket related so it's not um it's a public event but it's a public event with a fee because public events are those things that we have that is just open to the public and there's no cost at all so that kind of there just to kind of offset some different things I'll just use Phenomenal Woman as um an example if we're kind of getting um like you know trophies or something like that yes we have a fee that's associated with it but then we also have catering costs that those um you know particular fees actually cover so that's what that is um compared to the public events line which you will see there is an increase there of $5,000 and part of that increase is you know we have the Friday Night Live the first year we had three the second year we have six going into um 2025 it may be more but what we're also finding out is that the prices of um bands and everything all of the the entertainment isn't the same so before we might be able to get a band for you know $750 or $1,000 now bands are asking $122,000 and up even though it's like T night believe it or not you know and it and we're finding that it's it's consistent with different individuals that we're we're talking to um and I'm not saying that we can't um you know continue to to search around but we're just trying to factor that into the budget if that just becomes something that we have to deal with kind of going forward and then also in this line um we never really factored in um different expenses with regards to like the the barrel barbecue or um the barel on Blanc or um different events that we might have with our national parks and Rex month but this line right here just covers all all of the things that we kind of do outside so you know the jangle jangle Jam our teen night anything that's associated with um you know the Easter egg candy um the egg hunt that we have our Black History Month yard sale all of those particular events um and financing is kind of rolled up into that particular number um program supplies it went from 3,000 to 2700 um which is a decrease of $300 every little dollar counts um but this kind of covers um our programming that we have so you know we have a variety of things you know wrestling um baseball boxing they're kind of all listed up there but this would be things that might be um needed for that particular thing okay you know we have several basketballs right now but there could be you know that we need to replace a couple so that's kind of where those particular things com in that we might need something for the wrestling program um we have the community garden outside sometimes they make you know need a wheelbarrow or rake or something like that so that particular line kind of covers the supplies that's needed to support those particular events the contractual line um that did increase by $1,000 we've added oh I'm sorry change slide please I'm sorry Sean I'm just steady he going thank you Mr tun um this particular line is for our contractual items so we have our myrex system um and I believe I have the the pricing up there this um going into 2025 we've added um two additional uh pieces of of software we used the um Meetup previously and been able to cover the cost but that's the software that's Ed for used for the individuals that play pickle ball so it's something that's um online and then people can register from all over and that's usually how we keep up with those that are playing um inside the building and then we also have um Survey Monkey which we used um the police department used to use it but they don't no longer but we kind of use that to send out surveys for a variety things um our programming if you like our you know facilities if you're attending this particular class what do you like about the programming how's the instructor so it kind of gives us feedback at the end of the JazzFest we send something out to the vendors um what did you like about your spot um was the registration okay to set up so it just kind of gives us feedback from the community so we can kind of you know increase and improve the things that we need to and we can also find out the things that we do correctly um building and grounds um that line item kind of stays the same um this allows us to um kind of fill in the the gaps um with regards to sometimes some of the things that DPW may be able or not be able to um provide so if at a playground we're missing the swing or the slide something's wrong with that and we have an inspection we know we have to U replace those different items this is the kind this is the line where those things come in at we're looking at um in the Pavilion with changing the um the the benches that are out there we find that people uh tend to put chains on the benches move them into the middle of the yard we would like to get um middle of the grass so we' like to get new benches and maybe attach them to the concrete underneath the different Pavilion so people can't move it but that particular line is where these things come in at things that um need to be improved in the parks in the playgrounds and then um also if we you know need a repair for like a spin bike uh pedal brakes or something it allows us to to do those types of things um and then the next two lines are considered our um public events line um so the first one is the the jazz festival um there is an increase as of um $50,000 so it would be from going from 100,000 to 150,000 the cost of everything has has gone up um I know sometimes there's question or debate as to even pricing for artists um if I'm worth a certain price in January I'm still worth the same price kind of going into the middle of year but things that we have to factor in when we're looking at that is um where you are sometimes we may want to um get a certain artist but they're on the west coast so we kind not to look at that we'll try to see if maybe you're on the es um the East Coast because then maybe the expenses the travel expenses aren't there so those things are the things that we look into um as we're kind to um trying to acquire artists um however the price across the board is still going up and then um this year we had the monitor the the screen that you were kind of able to um see from the back of the park the the big Monitor and then there was kind of conversations of you know do we need to have one or do we need to have two on both Sid the monitor alone was $115,000 so everything has went up um each year with the pricing of um barricades the way that we lay out the park so having to have barricades more in certain areas and then you know staging so that kind of is just the cost that's associated with some of the increases that come along with the jazz festival and then with juneth um we kind of held the line with that because we were able to um do what we needed to do with the the $113,000 so we didn't see that there was kind of anything that was uh a shortfall so that's the reason why the ask for that is pretty much the same so the overall um total Recreation and Parks request is 8,000 I mean 8,000 um $80,000 um 800 which is a increase of 8,875 th000 um $75 from last year and then of course the operating budget uh we're asking the 163 um and that's pretty much because of the increase of $50,000 so last year it was 113,000 was the ask for um last year so the total is 243 um $1,000 um and 800 um Sean next slide this is the organizational chart which I pretty much um discussed earlier um so you can just kind of see the the positions and the title and then SE on the last slide thank you there any questions mayor yes so it's a roughly uh increase of $59,000 from last year 59 roughly I think you said 13 and 50 the overall oh um I'm looking at the overall because I know what was it eight eight and change and then with the 50 the increase would be okay 58,000 58,000 increase yes uh so with the $50,000 that is the Jazz over Opera expense increase would be 8,875 correct all right so with the conversations that we had at the last council meeting regarding restructure have you taken in consideration programming for the wellness program no and conversations that I had with um Mr Harris we were just kind of asked to present our budget as it is okay um because everybody presenting it and um then of course at some point in time things would be merged but we were just asked to present as we were just kind of going for okay and then I see the $50,000 request for the JazzFest have or are there any plans to turn that JazzFest into a money generating event is there any way or how any ideas of how to generate money because we constantly every year are putting out money putting out money putting out money I think our biggest thing is the um if we had sponsorship that's a conversation that I had with Mr Ducket um you know if we kind of get sponsorships that can offset and we received sponsors but even for last year our sponsorship number was $10,000 right which is kind of a drop in the bucket for something of this magnitude so what we have to um kind of consider is maybe corporate sponsors I think that would be beneficial um we also had the monitor that we had that was out there um we've had conversations with that company that you may be able to solicit businesses in an area that they may want advertise on the board why the um the JazzFest is happening so I think we have to think in terms of that in order for us to bring in additional um Revenue because that's the only way that I can see it happening all right so I I think kind of Offset you know what I mean all right I I think you know the council we need to engage and see what we can do to turn this into a generator for because for years for years for years we're putting money in putting money in and it's like every year it's seed money it's seed money it's seed money at some time at some point that seed money has to grow into a tree so we I think we need to sit down and see what else we can add that we haven't had that you know would allow that even if even if it's you know vending you know liquor alcohol bar whatever we just need to throw everything out there to see what we can do to possibly generate some dollars so we can kind of turn this around and it's not as much of an impact no I I agree I agree you know for artists alone we're paying $80,000 and then for everything else it's maybe 75,000 to $80,000 no alone you know what I mean so I can if we can find you know sponsorship or something like that or like you're saying add additional things that can you know add to and and offset no I absolutely agree and one thing I've been a proponent of is once the JazzFest is over we need to start soliciting day one and like I said corporate sponsors correct that's not a uh box that we tapped on to open we need to be knocking on the door we need to be knocking on the door so I'm just looking at other ways to help offset some of this cost to until we can turn it into a profit but I think it's it needs to be continuous conversations agree all right thank you counc Whitfield thank you mayor um thank you Dion for your presentation um a little bit on the same lines as councilman and or Deputy Mayor Anderson um for the JazzFest do we have like a sponsorship guide that we send out to potential sponsor notating the sponsor levels and what's included in those packages do okay yes Communications Department provides that we just need to create one that's probably more on a corporate level okay with those dollar amounts because the dollar amounts that we have are you know 5,200 you know what I mean individual level sponsorship we need to create a packet that's corporate level where we're asking 25,000 50,000 yeah those are Gam okay all right great um and then also for the JazzFest artist I know typically you can um get secured lower rates if you book in advance um so is there plans to start identifying those artists sooner so that we can get lower rates lower contract rates for some of the artists yeah I supp to um Mr Ducket but even in speaking to him last year and securing those artists maybe a little bit sooner the price point for those aices were still the same price that we paid in 2024 okay yeah all right um I think that was all the questions I had thank you welcome Dr worthy thank you madam mayor I support what's been said so far um and thank you Miss Balden for your presentation um and I wanted to talk just a little bit about the program supplies line I know there's a decrease there and I was wondering if if you've considered um what additional um supplies or equipment may be required as you as your team continues to work to enhance the summer camp the summer programming um and so not that I'm saying just go ask for more money but just I want to make sure as you're looking through all the programs that um the summer program which is growing and can be even more viable that you consider um the program supplies you know for that specific program um and also so I don't know how it's covered but for the field trips and the operating expenses of the summer program I don't know how it's covered in the budget but there may be opportunities to either move money or request funding so that we can have um more summer camp um trips that may be more appealing and may be more frequent uh during the summer so I'm not sure how it fits into the budget but just thinking about our summer camp thank you thank you and I'm going to say along those lines too thank you for the presentation um I was looking at the events um the events line which you requesting $1,000 and again I'm not saying you you know ask unnecessarily for more money um but it seems like $1,000 doesn't even cover wouldn't even cover catering for some of the um events that you put on no it it it wouldn't and then so yeah that that looked just kind of low to me um and also even with the contractual um even if I just added up everything that you put on just on this list it was still kind of short of what you're requesting so maybe you know if needed bump it up a little bit um and then you know I do second getting second what um Deputy Mayor and councilwoman Woodfield said somehow even if we even if the net is not as even if we're not making money on it but just kind of bridge that Gap um with the cost of vendors I know everything's going up but are our costs going up our parking going up and I'm not you know and that's I think it's a kind of a balance that you have to um walk but yeah I agree because we do consider um those things and it's so and yeah yeah we consider those things as our people in the front you know they sometimes they get beat up just for the the $20 and I'm a tax player and why am I doing that I'm not saying that we don't increase it because but you know what I mean so we try to gradually do things so it's palatable and they're not suffering so much and I just want to keep in mind you know while the residents pay for that event you know we we do receive a lot of guests I guess you know just kind of tapping into that um because the investment is at this point you know our residents and getting a free concert with eight act paying whether it's 2020 even $30 you know right if honestly you know put it in terms like that but yeah right so okay just cons yeah just keep looking at that um and that's all I had for today so thank you told I can add some money [Laughter] maybe thank you Miss Balden uh next before you is um acting director of Public Public Safety um Captain Ian bucks and then can we and we can go to um public comment around 4:15 420 time is the 4:30 I thought it was advertised till 5:30 I thought that's why I saw I think it's advertised till 5:30 but all the stuff that's on special on the the website the website it says 4:30 but I think the newspaper says 5:30 just looking at what yeah just check it uh so ever put it in the newspaper legally for 5:30 just in case but we were telling I I believe he just did that as like a God forbid something happened but I think it's supposed to be only 23430 I don't know I don't know what that means the the time that was given to me was 2:30 to 4:30 for the two days so I tried to squeeze in all the departments in the time that that was provided to me cuz you said it was two hours you said he we wouldn't need two hours I think that's where he got that from you would need two hours right um so but even 2:30 to 4:30 would someone start at 4:30 that exceeds the hours yeah so we within that three hour time frame of this public aage just that on our website on our website our fly flyer stations res Legally Legally Legally I don't know need to go over I mean that don't okay okay I just want I'm just looking at the yeah call see public good afternoon mayor Deputy Mayor councilwoman Dr worthy councilwoman Whitfield uh as always it's an honor to stand before you and represent our police department and present to you our 2025 operating uh operating budget uh next slide please so the public safety department consists of police Fire EMS office of emergency management OEM traffic guards and security uh just be note that the fire and EMS budgets will be presented in a separate presentation next Slide the police department is a 247 law enforcement agency that currently employs 71 sworn police officers uh to patrol our municipality investigate crimes and answer 911 calls the police department is on Pace to handle over 38 ,000 calls for service this year which is approximately 6,000 more than the previous year next slide please the police department is broken down into two major divisions the Patrol Division and the detective Division and we have subdivisions such as the traffic safety unit the acci accident investigation unit records Bureau Community engagement EMT unit chaplain unit SWAT team K9 bike unit Honor Guard School resource officers crime analysis neighborhood watch CI czen and youth policey and the police at Police Athletic League next slide please the OEM uh office of emergency management works with willing police fire and EMS and County State officials uh Federal organizations to ensure Willingboro is prepared for all types of emergencies such as natural disasters man-made disasters and health emergencies our OEM is currently under a restructuring period And it typically consists of a coordinator Deputy coordinator and volunteers can you tell Sean to watch the slide next slide please we should be on our security unit consists of 18 one more maybe I'm just talking to fast stay with us Sean our security unit consists of 18 part-time security guards they're responsible for assisting visitors and maintaining security at the JFK Center the library and the municipal complex they also are utilized during special events such as the jazz festival and juneth to name a few next slide please our traffic guard unit consists of 46 part-time traffic guards who ensure the safety of student pedestrian traffic before and after school they are signed post and typically work three and a half hours a day during the school year they're also utilized during special events such as Trunk or Treat jazz festival and juneth next slide please now we'll jump into the uh to the meat and potatoes um of our operating budget what you'll see here is a breakdown of 2023 2024 and 2025 um if you see it in bold that is uh it's pretty much staying the same we're not asking for a uh for increase or decrease it's going to stay the same as as last year green obviously would going to be for increase and red would be a uh a decrease so Police Department administrative ad ad ministration clothing as in the same in 2025 as we did as the previous year that's utili us for uniforms and equipment required provide to officers by the law enforcement supervisor Association Collective bargain agreement uh State contracts have increased and this will cover uh you know those costs Administration Awards and dues looking for a $500 increase for a ,000 request in 2025 this is utilized to pay professional association dues necessary to keep keep Command Staff a breast of current best practices uh some examples are the National FBI National Academy Associates uh it's approximately $320 the international associations of chiefs of police which is approximately $190 uh for each myself uh Captain Perez Captain Harry New Jersey State Association Chiefs Chiefs of police buron County Association of chiefs of police and women in law enforcement next slide please Administration travel expense we're asking for a $4,000 increase uh from the previous year for a total of $10,000 uh utilized to pay uh travel expenses related to professional development training conferences necessary to keep Command Staff AB breast of current best practices many of our conferences are out ofate in larger cities and require travel now that we're at a full Command Staff I'm requesting this line to uh to be increased to cover those travel costs average cost is approximately uh 2, 3,000 per command staff member this would include you know travel flight prum fuel tolls parking and other expenses Administrative Office Supplies looking for a $300 increase from the previous year for $1,500 uh total this covers office supplies such as paper clips Post-it notes uh things of that nature and that that are necessary for the day-to-day operations of the police Administration next slide please administrative printing an increase of $600 for a total of 750 uh this would cover Printed Products stationary letterhead envelopes business cards uh necessary for the day to day-to-day operations of the police Administration administrative training an increase of 400 for a total of 2,000 for 2025 and those those costs cover uh training uh training cost to which are necessary uh to keep the command uh staff AB breast of current best practices and accredit accredit aent status uh they would be this is where we would pay for training conferences uh for the Command Staff examples would be you know the FBI uh training conference the iacp conference the league of municipalities uh West Point command and Leadership uh and things of that nature next slide please administrative contractual that's staying the same uh for from 2024 and those are for contractual Services necessary for the direction administration of staff example our power DMS policy management systems uh our P which is our uh our employee scheduling system leads online you know our databases the Bron County new world uh systems and things like that Patrol clothing and cleaing Patrol clothing and cleaning a $5,000 increase to 69,000 for 2025 and those are clothing allowance as required by the fop and Lisa uh Collective bargain bargaining agreements trols Awards and dues uh $500 that's the same as the previous year awards for recognizing staff that have excelled in their service necessary for maintaining morale and a sprew Decor uh purchases include you know plaques trophies certificates um some of our awards are officer of the quarter officer of the year and the Marksmanship Awards travel expense um for patrol $250 that's pretty self-explanatory um the next one is a pretty big increase is uh police department or police department patrol training looking for a $166,000 increase uh this increase for a total of 36,400 for 2025 this increase is due because of uh with the hiring of new police officers the police academy doubled their rate uh in training it used to be $800 for a for a police officer attend the police academy now it's uh $1,800 so um or6 $1,600 uh so that is uh that's the reason for the increase but they also uh includes other you know other training courses that we attend on a regular a regular basis but the the increase was for to cover those costs for our new police officers police department patrol licensing you know that increases to cover you know the anticipate the anticipation of hiring you know 10 additional police officers in 2025 and that would cover the cost for that each uh you only pay for the initial licensing of a police officer and it's $500 there is no renewal fee police officers license are renewed every three years but you only pay uh at the initial uh portion of their career Patrol clothes and Equipment you know uh requesting an additional $7,200 to add on to into 2025 for a total of 75,000 this is uh police uniforms and equipment required provided by officers by the fop and Lisa Collective Bing agreements this includes new hires and promot motions and average uh on average to cost about $2500 to $3,000 to initially uniform a police officer prisoner meals uh you know those things are you we we very rarely use this line item but we like to have a little bit a little bit of money in there in case we uh in case we need it for a particular reason if we have somebody in custody for a significant period of time we do have to feed them we we don't use it that often because we found other means of being able to provide meals to people that we have for a you know a longer period of time whether it's you know um a missing kid or uh or a prisoner or something like that so that's why that's uh that's at $25 and stays there uh police uh Patrol bike repair that's for the maintenance of our uh of our our police bicycles and that's good at $800 the Honor Guard Special Events this was a new line item that was added last year we requested 1,500 last year and requesting the same for this year you will see our Honor Guard uh fully outfitted and looking sharp at the reorganization meeting some of the things that they uh you know that we used that we used this this funding for was for uh the purchase of uh of honor guard uniforms uh uh departmental flag American flag state flag and things like that Patrol psychological exams that stay in the same at $500 psychological uh Fitness for Duty exams which may be necessary as part of an early warning system to ensure the officers are properly are able to properly perform their duties Patrol other supplies uh this was an increase of $600 uh we last year we took we took $600 from the admin Patrol supplies we were supposed to add it into Patrol other other supplies it never got added in there so I'm asking for that increase uh in this year Patrol EMT expenses next one more slide all right Patrol EMT expenses asking for increase of $400 those are supplies and equipment um for you know for first aid you know rubber gloves uh uh uh bandages things like that for our EMT units Patrol SWAT expenses uh SWAT team uh equipment such as uh you know bags uh bags cases breaching tools Etc necessary to properly equip SWAT operators to safely execute search warrants hosit rescue emissions uh Etc so this year uh the Attorney General um in October uh he he he redid our use of force policy um and he added in certain things that you know if you're not considered a tier 2 or a tier one SWAT team you can only be able to perform certain missions within you know uh within within your municipality we are currently considered a tier 2 SWAT team which allows us to respond to a barricaded subjects and hostage rescue situations uh computer maintenance repair uh asking for a reduction of $900 most of that comes from our it department so there's no really no longer a need for us to have this in our operating a budget next slide please K9 training uh asking for an additional $650 these are costs asso associated with training uh mandatory by the Attorney General guideline for for our police dogs uh we're looking to add an additional uh police dog in 2025 and that would cover the uh the additional increase would cover the uh the tuition for the police dog and you'll kind of see that as a recurring theme in the next two line items you know for the K9 expenses you know an increase of $88,000 that would be for the purchase of a a police dog um also for food and Equipment uh the additional funding request is to purchase is to purchase a dual-purpose dog our past three police canines have been purchased through donations and fundraising from our Willingboro Police Association profit so that's why you know I'm I'm asking for the $8,000 in this line item to to purchase a new police Kine K9 vet services again is part of the cost of of the additional the additional dog next slide please detective clothing that's going to remain the same again clothing allowance as required by the fop Collective barging unit detective Awards and dues are just that detective travel expenses you know again it's same as as the other previous line items is will cover uh travel expenses that our detectives May incur detective training your training uh cost to wish is necessary to keep detectives AB breast of current best practices uh photo uh photo detectors photo and IDs that's going to stay same at at $600 there for police identification cards to allow staff to properly identify themselves as a law enforcement officer uh Detective equipment you know stays the same as previous years next slide please detective contractual staying the same detective informant fees asking for a $2,000 increase to our detective informant fees These funds are necessary for collecting intelligence uh and/or evidence utilizing a confidential Source uh with the legalization of marijuana and baale baale reform has become more challenging to generate and more costly to sign up confidential informance you know our CIS play a vital role in providing actionable intelligence uh which is critical in you know narcotic narcotics investigations you know within our municipality if you look at this line item there is a typo on this on this line item if if it's going to stay at $250 so if you look at 23 24 and 25 those numbers aren't correct 23 should be500 2024 should be 250 and the request for this year is $250 and that's you know supplies for neighbor our neighborhood watch program 250 or 500 it should be 250 no increase or no change no increase or no change next slide please so the next one is uh is is the uh the crime prevention Community engagement I asked for a $3,500 increase for a total of $133,000 last year we were able to uh we were able to get a grant for uh it was like $54,000 for our you know in community engagement unit that funding is not available this year so to kind of offset some of those costs that's why I did ask for a $3,500 uh increase in that line item staff services training $1,900 again uh the same as last year staff services uniform equipment $3,900 same as the previous year no change stay of service next slide please staff services drug screening an increase of $900 hours this drug screening is required by the Attorney General uh attorney general and to be form and to be performed randomly on all police officers as part of the internal Affair process uh staff services equipment you know is just that miscellaneous equipment and supplies needed for specialized units that do not have the their own uh budgeted line item that was a uh that was stayed to same at $33,000 sta of services ammunition stays the same at $40,000 uh that's ammunition for uh on Duty Carry as well as firearms training and attorney general mandated uh qualifications each officer must qualify at a minimum twice a year and our SWAT team trains twice a month uh we conduct an extensive firearms training program which includes decision- making stress shooting and shoot don't shoot scenarios uh we sent officers to inservice classes where the need for ammunition is a part of those classes next slide please Captain Buck just to interrupt for one second um Mr Harris we're going to let the meeting go till 5:30 all right thank you staff services contractual uh 54100 that's the same as uh as the previous year again contractual uh payments and services necessary uh for the uh evident delivery of police services accreditation fee leads online our Cooper EAP programs fto software Internal Affairs software you know and things of that staff services vehicle leasing I'm not sure if this line item is going to stay in our operating budget or get moved somewhere else but since we've transitioned to the Enterprise Fleet Management System um it's it was it was it's utilized but I don't know if it's better off in our operating budget or or somewhere else but that is $95,000 and it'll stay stay the same for 2025 St staff services equip staff services equipment maintenance uh stays the same at $1,000 maintenance and repair for police equipment such as incar cameras microphones firearm Parts you know and things like that next slide please staff services radio maintenance uh increase requesting increase uh of $2,500 we ask for that we we there was a zero for last year this is due to our our Police radios originally came from the County they were purchased for us from the county but we're required for the upkeep and the maintenance we're probably going about I think the fourth year of those radios we need to start to replace batteries microphones and things like that one battery is about $150 this increase would help us cover you know those those costs of replacing the uh the batteries for our police portable radios not the ones that are in our car staff services internet line that line was removed from the police budget last year next slide please Step Services car conversion uh no request uh for this line item this year staff services vehicle maintenance so I ask for a reduction in uh in in that line item we really don't use that line item that line item that that money or that the the vehicle maintenance usually comes from the public works um division so I requested a to bring that down to zero but take that $3,700 and add it into the the line item behind it or behind it or underneath of it which is Staff Services other equipment so that's for maintenance supplies needed for keeping police equipment functional again uh batteries weapon mounted lights Firearms cleaning supplies police radio mics adapters for police laptops uh in the vehicles next slide please public safety security that stay in the same U public safety security clo and Equipment that's staying the same at $5,400 again costs associated with Township security officers uh Public Safety contractual uh that's a zero a z request we used to use this for the lobby guard system but it's I believe we're transitioning to a different type of system moving in moving forward and that's not going to be necessary in this uh in this this budget Public Safety uh miscellaneous is uh $1,500 that's again cost associated with the township security officers such as metal detect the handheld metal metal detector wands and safety vests track next slide traffic guards clothing it's consistent over the last three years keeping it the same with $117,000 uh traffic guard training keeping that the same a lot of their training is uh is offered through the the sheriff's department and C is no cost to the municipality next slide please so what I did for the uh the next next the next session section it's our office of emergency management so what I kind of did here is is I I I'm not sure I know we're restructuring uh the the office of emergency management so what I have here is I highlighted the 205 or 2025 request in blue just to give an idea of what the request would be again I don't know if that if that uh department is going to fall under the police department if it's going to fall somewhere else so I didn't want to not leave put it in the uh in in the presentation so that's why you see that as a different color so public safety emergency uh coordinator stip in that's at $115,000 uh OEM OEM training at $11,000 OEM signs at 250 officer of emergency manag office equipment uh at a th000 uh officer Emergency Management equipment at $4,500 uh Emergency Management radio maintenance at $500 and then the next section is going to be our Animal Control vet services you'll see a 20 a $2,500 increase for our vet services uh Veterinary Services necessary for admittance of stray animals into the shelter emergency vet services for the animal control uh officers you know prices and volume have increased and this light item needs to be increased also same thing with the shelter fees and then the uh the animal control contractual you know there's there's uh right right now there that would cover our Animal Control U our animal control contract that we had with New Jersey Animal Control next slide this kind of gives you a breakdown of what we what uh what we got in 2023 what we uh what we received in 2024 and in the 2025 uh request again you can see one with OEM in there and then the numbers without the office of emergency management and that concludes my presentation anyone have any questions for Captain bux it's a lot to go through as fast as I could too yeah so we'll probably have some questions later thank you thank you so next before you is uh deputy chief um Mark fidell of the Willing bar fire in EMS Department um just so you know all of our largest departments were today our meetings tomorrow will be much more expedient good afternoon mayor Deputy Mayor and councel um as Mr Harris said I'm here to present the firing EMS budget presentation that's been prepared for 2025 uh next Slide Fire Department uh is 247 combination Department consist of full-time and volunteer Personnel our department currently consists of 23 full-time staff 12 active volunteer firefighters and approximately 12 active volunteer fire police members which handle all types of 911 emergencies uh fire department on average handles approximately 1,800 calls for service per year and is on Pace to increase that number in 2025 these include vehicle accidents water rescues vehicle rescues power line down structure fires vehicle fires Co alarms fire alarms assisting EMS and other various calls that require our services our EMS department is a combination Department consisting of full-time per DM volunteer Personnel the EMS Department currently consists of nine full-time EMT staff 10 per DM EMTs and approximately three volunteer EMT members they handle all types of 91 emergency calls next slide next slide Sean the current full-time EMT staff handles um EMS instance 24 hours a day 7even days a week the pdem EMT staff were assigned to handle poers shifts during the daytime uh it's the second rig when they are available and we are the busiest next slide EMS department is dispatched to approximately 5,000 calls for service per year and is on Pace to be dispatched to more than that number in 2025 these include cardiac emergencies respiratory emergencies diabetic emergencies fall victims and other various EMS medical emergencies next slide uh so starting with the fire department uh budget Fire Department training is the first one um we're requesting a 0% increase or decrease this is required uh training for for certification and recertification for all of our career and volunteers uh this is also training for uh new new volunteers that come in and new staff um CPR AED training online web based training is also included this as well um next line item is going to be close and PPE for the fire department this is NFPA required station uniforms and Associated accessories for firefighters and fire police Personnel the pp or the personal protective equipment is their firefighting gear uh we're asking to stay the same at 23,500 next line item is for fire department fireman Services um this is money that's allocated for the Volunteer Fire Company and it is allowed through njac 48 colon 14-33 and 14-34 it's a volunteer fire company established through the William bro Township ordinance and again uh 0% increase or decrease staying $155,000 next slide please Fire Department fire prevention community relations we are asking for a $1,000 increase from $6,000 in 2024 to $77,000 in 2025 um this is for fire prevention and community relations materials for events and communities and in schools um and this coincides with one of our smart goals for 2025 um fire department response reimbursement um we're asking for this to remain the same at $9,500 again in 2025 it's a Duty Crew reimbursement program for the volunteer firefighters is there end ofe sement for volunteer firefighters and volunteer firep police members who respond to incidents throughout the year the next line item is med fire department medical exams we are asking for a $500 increase from $0 in 2024 this is for required seba fit test Medical questionnaire clearance forms and any employee who uh requests to have their hey series shots next slide so for fire department equipment we're asking for this to remain the same again in 2025 at $16,500 this is used for purchasing new and replacement fire equipment for the fire apparatus our next line item is for the Youth fire program um that we're asking for a $1,000 increase for this program uh We've we decreased it last year and we and this year in the past year we noticed there was an increase in uh the fees for the services for the field trips and nobody's really uh donating food this past year so um we've raised it $1,000 from 2024 so a two-e program offered in the summer months for the Youth Cadets between 13 and 17 years of age we are expecting in 2025 to have a maximum of 25 students and this program will also still include the field trips um next line item is fire department software there's a $300 increase from $9,700 to $10,000 um for 2025 it's used for active 911 fire dispatching software fire Personnel scheduling software and Equipment software and the County fire incident records management web-based software that we utilize next slide um next next line is going to be fire department radio maintenance uh we're asking that fire department radio maintenance stays the same at $3,500 in 2025 uh repairs of portable radios uh mobile Communications devices and replacement of equipment for radios and apparatus we fall into the same aspect like uh Captain bucks was talking about with our radio being issued to us from the county now we're responsible for maintaining it and replacing the batteries and microphones and such uh fire department Building Maintenance this is going to be a $3,000 reduction in 202 5 we're asking to go down from $40,000 to $37,000 and this is to maintain the buildings um the entire building um with the HVAC systems the boiler system the annual air compressor certifications the building supplies and cleaning items um such as toilet paper trash bags and disinfectant floor cleaners required annual permits for commercial cooking unit and required annual NFPA 72 fire alarm testing and inspection along with required sprinkler system testing inspection our annual fire extinguisher inspection and our HVAC by annual maintenance next slide um it's going to be vehicle scheduled maintenance this is for the regular preventive maintenance on the vehicles and apparatus uh annual chassis and transmission maintenance on fire pumps or fire apparatus annual pump testing and maintenance on apparatus that carry water and pumps and then annual aerial maintenance on the ladder truck uh we're asking this Marine the same at $15,500 2025 uh vehicle repairs and parts which is the next line item uh we're asking for this to stay the same at $37,000 items on the vehicles and apparatus that need repairs um you know wiring bulbs emergency lighting uh repairs to on board equipment fanel and apparatus uh repairs or replacement of Parts on vehicles and apparatus any major repairs that might come up throughout the year unpredictable repairs large Tire Replacements also scheduled for the ladder truck in 2025 uh next slide so fire department other equipment maintenance now we're asking for this to stay the same in 2025 it's 17,500 this is the annual required fire host testing and inspection our annual required ground ladder and aerial ladder testing and inspections are annually required rescue and Tool Maintenance and Service along with annual required flow testing and self-contained breathing apparatus or hydrostatic testing on scva cylinders uh last item here is miscellaneous we're asking for a $1,000 oh sorry $1,000 with $100 reduction in 2025 um these are for items not associated with a specific line item but like our Easy Pass and the DMV fees that we may encounter so the fire department operating request is for $28,000 in 2025 next slide what's the what's the change yeah uh the change if I'm not mistaken total is minus $300 with quick math I don't want the if you if you can give us the real numbers that' be helpful you can give it to Mr Harris and then let us know yeah um the next slide is for the EMS um department and this will be the EMS Department training this is um again required training for EMTs to retain their New Jersey state certifications their CPR AED program uh Community employees National stop W training programs um and Community EMP with the community employees online web based training and in-person training courses at emergency training facilities so we're asking for this to stay the same in 2025 at 4300 um equipment supplies uh we're asking for this to stay the same at 12,000 in 2025 this is our EMS supplies to stock ambulances emergency vehicles this is the bandages the O2 mask the collars AED pads and other medical equipment used um on EMS incidents next line item is EMS Department clothing and PPE equipment asking for this to stay at $7,000 in 2025 as well uh uniforms and other Associated items to outfit EMTs EMS pants shirts job shirs and jackets their protective equipment like their p100 masks or gowns and face Shields um there is a note in here it could increase if it's projected to increase our Personnel uh EMS next slide EMS um Department radio maintenance again uh it was 20 in 2024 it was $1,700 in 2025 we want to keep it $1,700 this is repair to our portable radios uh the batteries or the mics um within uh the ambulances next line item is going to be uh 043 which is a new line item which is added for community relations we didn't have a community relations with EMS um so this is in line with another one of our smart goals for 2025 so we did not have a budget uh in 2024 so we are now asking for $1,500 in 2025 um so this would be in relations to getting the community relations materials um presented in our 2025 smart B um EMS Department medical exams next line item it was taken down to $100 we're asking to take it up $400 to $500 total it's for required medical questionnaires for their p100 masks and EMS employees who would like their he B series or their titers uh EMS Department software it was $3,500 in 2024 we're asking to keep it the same in 2025 this is for their active 911 EMS dispatching software their EMS Personnel scheduling and Equipment software next slide next line I Wasing for vehicle scheduled maintenance in 2024 it was $2,000 and we're looking to keep it at $2,000 in 20125 uh preventive maintenance on the ambulances and EMS command vehicles uh required maintenance uh cited by New Jersey office of emergency medical services um M next line I'm is going to be major vehicle repairs uh we budgeted $20,000 in 2024 and we're asking to keep it at $20,000 in 2025 um items on ambulance that need repair wiring bulbs and emergency lighting the onboard systems or equipment that's found on the ambulances repairs and or replacement parts of vehicles and ambulances and any major repairs to the ambulances the unpredictable repairs and repairs that may have been sent out to an outside vendor that couldn't be fixed at DPW next slide uh other equipment maintenance uh in 2024 it was $10,000 in 2025 we're asking to keep it at $10,000 this is um annual patient handling equipment maintenance meaning ambulance stretchers and the stair chairs they have to be maintained annually uh replacement equipment these are the batteries for the stretchers uh straps to re replace the straps on the stretchers when it go bad or AED batteries on the vehicles and throughout the Township buildings aeds um EMS Department miscellaneous is um was $100 we're asking for it to go up to $200 um these are the items that are not associated within a specific line item U mainly the Easy Pass OR DMV fees so the EMS Department operating budget request will be $62,500 next slide uh this slide is a representation of our organizational short um showing the uh fire chief at the top the deputy chief in the middle or below him and then you have your fire division your EMS division with your um your three platoon that oversee fire services and then your EMS Captain it oversees the four platoon for the EMS Services um as you can see it is in there there's uh two supervisors and five firefighters and then EMS Captain overseas eight EMTs plus the volunteer EMTs as well and then we have our our Volunteer Fire Poli and our Volunteer Fire officers next slide thank you any questions any questions just go ahead Dr worthy thank you for the presentation I was wondering if you if you all are still um in consideration or anticipating structural changes those were some of the conversations earlier in the year I I know there was conversations I I don't know where that stands right now I have to find out she find out no worries I'll I'll talk to Mr Harris I just know since we're talking through budgets I was just curious if that was um a consideration this was put together thank you thank you and um so we'll have the followup with the two um changes um in the the operating um cost y okay thank you so that amount is is the $300 reduction their budget last year was 28,300 and this year is a flat 208,000 that's EMS EMS is an increase of $2,700 and the question Dr worthy actually yes we are still um having those conversation is about merging those two Services together okay thank you thank you and finally for today is uh the request from the the library um we give the library a large appropriation um from the township every year and they are going to um ask for or present what they would like to receive from the Township in 2025 good evening Council good evening um next slide please I'm Sandy crons director of the Willingboro Public Library uh the public library exists for the benefit of the citizens of Willingboro and the community at large the first duty of the library is service to the public it is our mission to serve as a diverse interactive digital and physical Hub that is built by and for the Willing borrow Community the role of the library is to provide access to information for everyone with no barriers or judgments the library has 14 full-time employees and seven uh part-time employees this budget represents the libraries contributions state aid grants and the township appropriation request next slide is our oration self-explanatory um next slide please okay so I list here uh what our 2024 budget was our 2024 actual and then the 2025 budget request and I just handed out sheet that has the um Chang that changes we're not on Edmund's so ours looks just a little different okay so salaries and wages um we are asking to increase that uh from 7 735,000 to $822,000 that is an increase of $887,000 that is to H uh one new full-time employee and two uh new part-time employees for 12 month period also includes a pay increase for um all staff our staff doesn't get an annual increase we're not unions so this um the has been increased since 2022 and the next line is benefits and escro that would go from 265,000 to 302,000 and that's an increase of 37,000 and that increases for uh the new health insurance plan as well as adding one new uh full-time employee to our roster books uh would go from 29,6 to 25,000 that is a decrease of $4,160 that is um an adjustment to the demand from print versus electronic and downloadable and streaming materials um we increased our downloadables just a little bit in our budget this year so um for next year we're going to decrease our print budget just by 4,165 um downloadable content stays the same uh for 9 ,700 2024 to 9,700 and 2025 our um periodicals and subscriptions stay the same $7,800 um audio visual that is for um DVDs we have a budget of 5,500 for 2024 and we're going down to uh 3,000 um for 2025 that's a decrease of 2,500 um we have because of the proliferation of streaming services that most people are doing we're not getting as many requests for DVDs um although it is still a very popular um collection and um we've been getting a lot of donations of DVDs so we've been purchasing less because of the donations um software and [Music] licenses for 2024 that was 14,500 and we're asking for an increase of 2 750 to 17,250 for um the the anticipated purchase of a foreign language database we currently do not have one um office supplies from 4,300 in 2024 to 5,500 in 2025 that's an increase um anticipated increase of $1,200 and that is basically just price a price increase um anticipated price increase for supplies paper pens printing service cartridge um printing services cartridges envelopes books and AV processing um fall in there as well and our circulation sale items um card stock stickers and book tape equipment leases and purchases um our budget was 91,000 in 2024 and it's going down to um 15,000 in 2025 to reduce a reduction of $76,000 we were able to purchase um all new computers for the um the staff the public computers and the uh Public Service desks for the library for 2024 they will all be installed in 2025 um hopefully by the beginning of second quarter so uh this line now the um 15,000 is for the our copiers our printers and our poster machines and those are all leases uh postage is staying the same it's at $3,000 for 2024 and it will stay 3,000 for 2025 um that's not just outgoing postage that also includes postage for all of our book orders we pay for the uh postage for that as well uh telephone and and Telecom that was 17,400 in 2024 with no change for 2025 so 17,400 um trust the expenses we put aside 1,000 in $1,000 in 2024 and uh an anticipated increase of $500 to 1,500 and that is um in case trustees want to go to more conferences workshops or if they have expenses for those uh for those conferences or workshops uh let's see administrative costs legal costs legal first yes legal was 13,000 in 2024 and we're expecting a reduction of $3,000 to uh 10,000 in 2025 um our solicitor had a lot of larger scale projects that they were looking at a Personnel manual a procedures manual and we don't expect such big projects for 2025 so that's reduction there administrative costs um $10,000 in 2024 and we don't expect a change for that for 2025 auditing and bookkeeping that was uh budgeted 12,800 for 2024 um we're just anticipating a $450 increase to 13,250 that's just an increase in our audit um cost programs and publicity we were at $88,000 in 2024 and we're requesting uh $10,000 for um the 2025 budget that's an increase of $2,000 um we plan on doing more programming um from live staff and also we might get a we have a proposed electronic promotional tools uh just to try to increase our Communications and also a cost increase for supplies and the addition of presenters and Entertainer fees we right now most of our programs are presented for three so we're hoping that we're putting in a little increase so that we can maybe pay some folks to come in um utilities we don't expect to change that's 68,000 in 2024 and 68,000 2025 and then the um HVAC and maintenance went down to zero uh thanks to the EIP program and to the township for um us having a brand new hbac system um we do have a small Standalone uh HVAC for our server room so we moved that into the next line item which is Building Maintenance equipment and supplies and uh that was budgeted at 13,000 in 2024 and there's a $2,000 increase for 25 and that's um in case there is anything needed for that uh hbac server we did just get a new server for that so that um that is the end of the budget so I can give you the numbers here our 2025 appropriation invest is 1, 36,990 um that's a difference from last year of 24,4 9 and these uh numbers for 2025 don't include um the contribution from the library for our state aid and anything that we've done and that's anticipated to be around 66,500 so uh that would bring our total to 13834 so the increase we are requesting this year is 12492 and next slide thank you very any questions Dr worthy thank you Miss crons for your presentation I had a few um a few questions I know there's been a lot of energy around the library and past conversations and I um appreciate some of the um comments from the friends of the library they've gotten all energized and everything and I was wondering um how much money and grants are they anticipating getting for the library this year they talked about having um skills with grant writing and and working alongside the library board and the staff so I was wondering what those conversations have have yielded just to help us to understand you know what that contribution may look like any grants that come along of course we will that that apply to us Library grants are usually very limited in in scope they're very specific so um anything that comes along I that I don't know about of course we will apply for it but um every year we get the uh eate Grant that's considered grant money and um that that's all I can say for anticipated right now is the and I think our is about $6,000 for20 okay so nothing doesn't coming down the line that I know about okay like the last grant that um big Grant we had with M and I haven't seen any that came down us to apply okay yeah I was just wondering just based on the the all the energy from the friends of the library just thinking maybe [Music] that okay they're much more focused and narrow I look outside well yeah they other true okay so nothing from the friends okay and then for um I know there have been conversations about a possible shift to the JFK Center um as well as what it could look like if you all stay in your existing space and I was wondering in terms of the budget considerations does this budget include what you all may consider um for programs and transforming how you're operating whether it be at JFK or in your existing space does this include that if couple years right now it's just where we are in our existence okay so no um no considerations for enhancing how services are are going forth or programming or no enhancements some of the increases that I have for staff okay is um two of the part time for uh Librarians is so that our programming Librarians can actually be off desk so if we get a part-time librarian they can sit at the desk and program Librarians can actually go to the programs and um that also gives them time to plan more programs I asked for money in a programming um line item so that um we can maybe bring in some more ERS and also in Communications so that we can communicate more um some of our programs and then the um there are there are considerations in here okay moving forward are those um documents something that Council can see on my goals okay and once the board takes a look at your goals or approves your goals is it something that perhaps we can see as well um I know that we don't approve the the goals for the library director um but as we're looking at budget considerations it's helpful because it tells like a bigger story just to provide some context around some of the requests and also May elicit some ideas um from Council the library board goes through my adiation of the year and it's just about time and have me one as well and I included those BS in my evaluation so use them for going forward next year okay and also we did purchase the um all the computers brand new computers for um they come out this budget year but next year will be you know because it's going to take our it person quite a while not not quite a while but he's going to you know roll them out to all the employees Public Service desks and we have 50 computers yes you're welcome because Council got slammed at one of the meetings where the library went on and talked about how um you all didn't get support for computers you didn't have equipment it went on and on so I'm so happy to hear that you're getting those yeah right that's right that's right you're welcome all right thank you Madame May those are my questions thank you real quick um it doesn't seem like it doesn't seem like the um the requests are that much more than what was requested last year however there seemed like to be a a a serious uh differential between the actual what what was actually used in the request um uh so I'll say and wages I know you're requesting a $887,000 increase um however according to you know the as is by that uh 2024 actual and that's less than $600,000 so even if we added let's say 150 Buck 150,000 um we still would be substantially lower than the requested the budget request um you know simar the benefits in escrow that's okay um but the audit the audit and bookkeeping while it doesn't have a Aster that still is really low compared to what was um requested and the budget and the budget um you a 2024 budget request okay that's on the second page oh okay um we haven't been built for audio we haven't been built for audio for audio okay that probably needs a Asis and then yeah well the as is where it's actual no what an explanation is all it just looks like 10% because in um in the 2024 if it doesn't have an asterisk it's only up to September 30th right so then sep even September 30 three more months right um one is for our um accounting software and one is for the a okay okay so what was already spent is I believe for the accounting software and then we'll get a bill from B like a $10,000 bill 11,000 okay okay so yeah that might be need to as just for explanation um programs and publicity um that doesn't have an aster obviously so what do you have an anticipated spend be from September or um October through the end of the year okay because we we don't do a lot of snacks spend a lot of money in junk or tree okay we 500 KS um but you know that's that's the kind of money that we're talking okay again I'm hoping to maybe get an app or some kind of um a group mailer you like a group mailer you know um chimp mail chimp so we can start mailing out um because right now we do free advertising but we want to do one one that does um that's a paid service um Mr Harris in terms of are we putting the buildings maintenance equipment are we putting it in this budget are we putting in DPW or they separate there's cleaning I know there's some and I'm just seeing the 15,000 over here I'm not sure if it's added to DPW there is um there is about um I think it was 50,000 that was included into dpw's line item for Library maintenance however we are also including the library in our um Building Maintenance bid this year the cleaning cleaning so um you know we can we can discuss that a little further um because again I think we're taking on a bit of those costs that the library won't have to expand right for those Services okay I put down is for uh like the fire extinguishers they every year um we do uh have our we pay for our bur rearm monitoring um and then the rest you know toilet paper seat hols uh bleach masks hand sanitizer soap um so incidentals know your extension for space heaters little um furniture repair um cleaning supplies rock salt you little things like that that add up to about the 13 okay all right thank you councilman with feel thank you mayor and thank you Miss crun for your um presentation um like was mentioned earlier I did notice the increase in salaries and wages and the requests for another full-time employee one thing that I noticed that is missing um especially when we are talking about improving services and um improving our library is a training line or conferences I don't notice any mention of training for employees or staff or participation at conferences that would um keep us up to date on current happenings in the Library community includes um professional development and professional memberships so it's not it's not a separate line working out inary okay it falls under Administration yeah and I noticed that that's happened a couple times as we've been um talking and it it would be really helpful to kind of have it all in one place and ask them if um we can break that out as a separate L item okay and if there's something else you would like working out let me know and I can ask the board well I think um just explaining what's in each of these categories what's included would be helpful for us as we're reviewing it I have a document would you like me to send that to you that that pretty much says what's in each line item my little cheat sheet for when somebody says in a board meeting yeah I'm like well is that administrative or is that what you know so yeah that's just a little cheat sheet I can send that to you but just in in in general for the requested when there's an increase or you know for the requested you know monies it's helpful to kind of see a breakdown of how much or what's included in that but um yeah I could do that because I think in Edmond it includes that and since we're not on EDS I just no I think their their PowerPoints are done in um their presentations were done in in PowerPoint it's not in admins yeah that's the numbers budgeting the numbers yeah right all right thank you thank you very much folks that's it hope a comment you can do it I like to open and public comment now we're going to stick to the four minute rule state your name sorry we're going to open public comment I would like you to state your name and address and we're going to do the four minute rule for public comment thank you seeing none I'd like to close public comment and mayor I just wanted to say all of these presentations will be made a ailable on our website for The public's accessing after they're all done excuse me mayor I do see a number that popped up afterwards if uh all right so Callin listener ending in 7297 yeah public comment is closed if there's any questions please contact the township manager all right I like can make a motion for adjournment so moves second third okay all in favor I I and we thank you have a great night we will be back tomorrow same time yes at Kennedy Center